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September 19, 2025

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The Holy Ordinary

September 19, 2025

Thomas Merton once wrote, “Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us and see the beauty in ordinary things.” The busyness …

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God Loves Our Imperfections

September 19, 2025
God looks at us and sees the beauty of who we are, and that beauty is not a result of our being perfect.
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Henadz Fiadynich, one of the prisoners recently released from Belarus, speaks during a press conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sept. 12, 2025. (OSV News photo/Kacper Pempel, Reuters)

Jailed Catholic priests ‘used as hostages’ in Belarus

September 19, 2025
Human rights campaigners have accused the Belarus government of using imprisoned Catholic priests as "hostages," as a Polish Carmelite became the latest detained for alleged espionage.
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